Q4.25Multiple choice
- (a)Earth can be thought of as a sphere of radius 6400 km. Any object (or a person) is performing circular motion around the axis of earth due to earth’s rotation (period 1 day). What is acceleration of object on the surface of the earth (at equator) towards its centre? what is it at latitude θ ? How does these accelerations compare with g = 9.8 m/s2?
- (b)Earth also moves in circular orbit around sun once every year with on orbital radius of 1.5 × 1011m . What is the acceleration of earth (or any object on the surface of the earth) towards the centre of the sun? How does this acceleration compare with g = 9.8 m/s2? V 2 4π 2 R Hint : acceleration = R T2